Orthacodontidae

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Orthacodontidae
Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Paleocene
The head of a Sphenodus nitidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Family: Orthacodontidae
Glikman, 1957
Genera

Orthacodontidae is an extinct family of sharks. It is disputed as to whether it belongs to the modern shark order Hexanchiformes,[1] or the extinct order Synechodontiformes.[2] It contains two genera. Some other authors included it in Lamniformes.[3]

Species

References

  1. ^ "Sphenodus longidens | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  2. PMC 7614348
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